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    <h1>Introduction</h1>
      <p>
        This plug-in offers tight integration of system file manager (Windows Explorer,
        Gnome Nautilus, KDE Konqueror, Mac Finder, ...) and shell (cmd.exe, Linux/Mac
        terminal) in Eclipse.
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        Every now and then when working with Eclipse you'd like to examine a file or a 
        folder inside the Eclipse workspace with your file manager or open a shell/cmd.exe
        in this location. Or you edit a file in Eclipse and would like to open the parent
        folder of this file in the file manager or shell. Or the file you are editing
        contains a string which references another file in the filesystem and you would like
        to do some of the things mentioned above with that referenced file. This plug-in
        gives you a convenient way to do all this by adding a few entries to Eclipse's
        context menus.
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        This plug-in is inherently not platform-independent. Currently, the following
        operating systems/desktop environments are supported out of the box:
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        <li>Windows</li>
        <li>Mac OS</li>
        <li>Linux with Gnome</li>
        <li>Linux with KDE</li>
        <li>Linux with Xfce</li>
        <li>Linux with LXDE</li>
		<li>Linux with ROX</li>
		<li>Linux with xdg</li>
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        However, even if your system is not listed there, you can still easily configure 
        OpenExplorer to work correctly on your system.
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      <h2>Usage</h2>
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        <li><a href="02_resource_views.html">Files and Folders</a>: Working with files and folders, 
        that is, using OpenExplorer from Package Explorer, Navigator, Project Explorer and similar
        views that show directory hierarchies</li>
        <li><a href="03_editors.html">Editors</a>: Using OpenExplorer from within an editor,
        that is, invoking OpenExplorer commands on the resource currently opened in the 
        editor or selecting a file name or a path in an editor and use it for OpenExplorer's
        features or or pass the selected text to an external application</li>
		<li><a href="04_toolbar.html">Toolbar</a>: Using OpenExplorer in the toolbar will 
			open the currently selected file or folder. If there is no selection, open the 
			current editor file</li>
        <li><a href="05_preferences.html">Preferences</a>: Configure OpenExplorer</li>
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      <h2>Support/Bugs/Feature Requests</h2>
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        If you have some thoughts about OpenExplorer, be it a bug report a feature request
        or whatever, use <a href="https://github.com/tlcsdm/eclipse-openexplorer/issues">issues section</a>
        of the project's GitHub page. If the plug-in does not work properly in your
        environment or if you have an idea for a nice feature that would be suitable
        for this plug-in, just go ahead and tell me.
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